ON THE SITE OF YPIRANGA MUSEUM, DOM PEDRO I PROCLAIMED HIS WATCHWORD, "INDEPENDENCE
OR
DEATH"
A large painting inside records the historic decision made in 1822 by the young prince regent. Parts of some of theaircraft
built
byAlberto
Santos-Dumont,
Brazilian
aviation pioneer, are among the exhibits. One of Santos-Dumont's foremost exploits was a flight of seven miles in a motor-powered
balloon
around
theEiffel
Tower
in
Paris in 1901, for which he was awarded a prize of $20,000 (page 688).